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NEW YORK (Reuters) - An author whose account of the World Trade Center clean-up included allegations that firefighters looted from the Twin Towers was met with angry protests on Monday night during his book tour. About 100 firefighters and other protesters gathered outside a museum in lower Manhattan, where journalist William Langewiesche read from his book, 'American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center.' During months of recovery and clean-up after the Sept. 11 attacks, Langewiesche had unrestricted access to the site, known as Ground Zero. Firefighters said Langewiesche's book is full of lies and distortions, most notably in a passage that suggests firefighters took a stack of jeans from a Gap store at the Trade Center after the buildings were struck. Firefighters say no such event took place.....
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